3 Russian journalists killed in Africa

MOSCOW — Three Russian journalists were investigating Russian military contractors and mining industries in Central African Republic when they were killed there, their editor said Wednesday. The reporters were ambushed and killed outside the town of Sibut late Monday, according to local and Russian officials. Central African Republic officials said the three were kidnapped by about 10 men wearing turbans and speaking Arabic, but have yet to give further details. Exiled Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Wednesday on Facebook that the journalists were collaborating with his investigative media project on a story titled “Russian Mercenaries.” Andrei Konyakhin, the chief editor of Khodorkovsky’s Investigations Management Center, said the reporters were trying to shed light on a private Russian security company operating in Central African Republic as well as on Russia’s interests in diamond, gold and uranium mining there. He said the men — Kirill Radchenko, Alexander Rastorguyev and Orkhan Dzhemal — arrived in Central African Republic on tourist visas to work undercover and were planning to stay there for two weeks. 4 Ebola cases found in northeast Congo KINSHASA, Congo — At least four new cases of the Ebola virus have emerged in Congo’s northeast, just a week after an outbreak in the northwest was declared over, the country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday. There was no indication the two outbreaks, separated by more than 1,553 miles, are related, Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga said in a statement. The World Health Organization said it had begun moving workers and supplies into… [Read full story]